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20. That's more of an issue of diagnosis, than an actual switch from one specialty to another.

Sun May 13, 2012, 11:36 PM

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Why Are There No Biological Tests in Psychiatry? [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

Bush cash linked to death hospitals bananas May 2012 #4

The US psychiatric system is, or should be, a national shame. cbayer May 2012 #5

That reminds me of a House episode. Odin2005 May 2012 #12

The cheap and nasty answer intaglio May 2012 #6

You beat me to it! cbayer May 2012 #9

In post #2, the cause wasn't neurological, it was kidney failure. bananas May 2012 #10

this is exactly why KT2000 May 2012 #11

Psychiatry is what one goes into after a full medical education Warpy May 2012 #7

Can you give examples of this? HuckleB May 2012 #16

I'm not cbayer, but I think that brain tumours would be an example Heddi May 2012 #18

Porphyria is a good one. cbayer May 2012 #19

You're talking something that occurred 50 plus years ago. HuckleB May 2012 #21

The brain is really complicated. Odin2005 May 2012 #14

There are some scans that can detect some problems, sort of... kickysnana May 2012 #15

the least they could do is sleep studies. mopinko May 2012 #22